This International Women’s Day our colleague Meenakshi Monga explains that it’s a time to celebrate progress, but also an opportunity to confront the persistent inequalities that hold women back. One crucial, often overlooked, area is the gender-specific impacts of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on women. AMR is a growing global threat, posing serious challenges to health, and its consequences influence women at every stage of life.
As GEAR up we seek to catalyse action on gender and equity within AMR by supporting Fleming Fund country grantees to mainstream gender and equity within routine AMR systems and structures. GEAR up aims to increase awareness, and contribute to the knowledge, on structural inequities driving and shaping the AMR response, including those affecting women.